Announcements

IRSA Newsletter: Issue 2022.9

Project News • October 5th, 2022

The October 2022 IRSA Newsletter is available. Highlights include: Herschel Local Group and Roman HLSS Galaxy Mock Catalog Releases, IRSA Viewer and WISE Image Server Updates, and information about the "Signatures of AGN Feedback: The Post-SOFIA Era" workshop.

NITARP Class of 2023 Application

Project News • September 8th, 2022

The 2023 NITARP application is now available! Applications are due here by 3pm Pacific time, Monday Sep 12, 2022.

2023A NASA Keck Call for Proposals

Project News • September 8th, 2022

The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute is soliciting proposals to use NASA's portion of time on the Keck Telescopes for the 2023A observing semester (February 1-July 31, 2023). All proposals are due by September 15, 2022 at 4 pm Pacific.

All Active Instruments Raw (Level 0) Data Now Available in Near-Real Time

Project News • August 29th, 2022

KOA now ingests raw (level 0) NIRES, NIRSPEC, and OSIRIS observations and Quicklook (level 1) and Reduced (level 2) OSIRIS products in near-real time, generally within 5 minutes after acquisition. Raw (level 0) LRIS observations, raw (level 0) NIRC2 observations and Quicklook (level 1) calibrated...

UVEX Selected for Phase A Study

Project News • August 19th, 2022

NASA has selected four mission proposals submitted to the agency’s Explorers Program for further study. Among the projects proceeding to the Phase A mission concept study phase is the Ultraviolet Explorer MIDEX proposal. After detailed evaluation of those studies, NASA plans to select one...

The Roman Space Telescope Interactive View

Project News • August 4th, 2022

View the telescope from every angle, check the completion status, and discover where the pieces are being built.

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Roman Space Telescope

Project News • July 19th, 2022

NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.

ZTF Public Data Release 12

Project News • July 7th, 2022

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the twelfth ZTF Public Data Release. ZTF is an optical time-domain survey covering the northern sky visible from Palomar Observatory since 17 March 2018.

NEOWISE Completes 17 Coverages of the Full Sky

Project News • June 30th, 2022

As of mid-June 2022, NEOWISE has completed 17 coverages of the full sky since the start of the Reactivation mission and is beginning the 18th. Approximately 1.3 million infrared measurements have been made of 41,021 different solar system objects, including 1,389 NEOs and 249 comets.

Studying Galaxy Growth Spurts in the Early Universe with NASA’s Roman

Project News • June 27th, 2022

In the American Wild West, high noon was a time for duels and showdowns. When it comes to the history of the universe, cosmic noon featured fireworks of a different sort.